Across America, from Cambridge to Berkeley, from Seattle to New York, these songs are being sung today. They are contemporary songs of protest — songs that speak of freedom, of brotherhood, of man's hope for peace.

Some of the people who knew Cisco best have written about him for this book. Introductory articles by Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Moses Asch, and others—plus appropriate illustrations throughout—make this book a lasting tribute to one of our finest folksingers.